| Saturday, April 29 PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS |
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| 1874 |
Applying Brain Research to the Classroom
Kimberly Carraway, Ed.M.
6-hour session
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| 1875 |
Growing Capacity for Learning: A Matter of Nature via Nurture
Michael H. Dickmann, Ph.D.
6-hour session
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| 1876 |
Autism Spectrum Disorders: Treatment and Teaching
Margaret L. Bauman, M.D., Timothy M. Buie, M.D., Joseph A. Shrand, M.D.
3-hour session
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| Sunday, April 30 PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS |
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| 1877 |
An Introduction to the Brain and Neurosciences
Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, Ed.D.
3-hour session
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| 1878 |
Using Memory Pathways for Long-Term Retention
Willy Wood, M.A.
3-hour session
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| 1879 |
Identification and Intervention for Learning Disorders in Early Childhood
Angela Searcy, M.S.
3-hour session
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| 1880 |
Brain-Based Teaching: Applications for Achievement
Robert K. Greenleaf, Ed.D.
3-hour session
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| Sunday, April 30 CONFERENCE DAY 1 (Rethinking Nature & Nurture) |
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| 1881 |
Keynote Part I: The Creating Brain: The Neuroscience of Genius
Nancy C. Andreasen, M.D., Ph.D.
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| 1882 |
Keynote Part II & III:
The Nature and Nurture of Learning and Learning Disorders & Panel Discussion
Robert J. Plomin, Ph.D. 3-hour session
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| Monday, May 1 CONFERENCE DAY 2 (Neuroscience & Education) |
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| 1883 |
Keynote I: Early Speech Perception Skills and Later Language Abilities:
Implications for Theory and Practice
Patricia K. Kuhl, Ph.D.
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| 1884 |
Keynote II: Educating the Brain: Lessons from Brain Imaging
John D.E. Gabrieli, Ph.D.
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| 1885 |
Keynote III: Fitting the Nurture of Teaching to the Nature of Human Learning
Gessner Geyer, Ed.M.
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| 1886 |
Part I: Intense Brain Development Between Four – Eight Years & Its Impact on Preschool & School Years
Norbert Herschkowitz, M.D., Elinore Chapman Herschkowitz, M.A.
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| 1887 |
Part II: The Brain, Biology & Culture in Personality Development
Jerome Kagan, Ph.D.
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| 1888 |
Part I: Can Evolution Contribute to Our Understanding of Sex Differences in Math & Science Abilities?
David C. Geary, Ph.D.
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| 1889 |
Part II: Why Gender Matters:
The Educational Relevance of Innate Sex Differences
Leonard Sax, M.D., Ph.D.
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| 1890 |
Part I: The Nature and Nurture of Reading and LanguageSkills:
New Research and Intervention
Richard K. Olson, Ph.D.
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| 1891 |
Part II & III: Generalist Genes and Learning Disabilities: Implications for Math, Reading & Language Development & Panel
Yulia Kovas, M.Sc. Panel: Genes & LD
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| 1892 |
Part I: The Nature of Memory: From Molecules, to Mind, to Memory Pills
Kenneth S. Kosik, M.D.
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| 1893 |
Part II: Achieving Optimal Memory: Ways to Improve Memory
Aaron P. Nelson, Ph.D.
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| 1894 |
Part I: The Worried Child: Recognizing Anxiety in Children
Paul Foxman, Ph.D.
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| 1895 |
Part II & III: Diagnosis & Treatment of Mood Disorders: From Genes to Neuropharmacology & Panel Discussion: Genes & Medication
Joseph T. Coyle, M.D.
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| 1896 |
Part I: Pharmaco-Therapy of ADHD
Jefferson B. Prince, M.D.
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| 1897 |
Part II: The Need for Outcome-Data on Children
Neal M. Alpiner, M.D.
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| 1898 |
Part III: Current Development on the Neuro- Biology of ADHD
Joseph Biederman, M.D.
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| 1899 |
Part I: Artful Thinking:
A Research-Based Approach to Developing Students’ Thinking Dispositions
Shari Tishman, Ed.D.
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| 1900 |
Part II & III: Natural Fit: Using Brain Function, Visual Arts & Design & Panel Discussion: Art & Ed.
Robin Vande Zande, Ph.D.
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| Tuesday, May 2 CONFERENCE DAY 3 (The Brain & Learning) |
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| 1901 |
Part I: Developmental Pathways and Teaching: A Paradigm Shift
Fay E. Brown, Ph.D.
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| 1902 |
Part II: Connecting Brain Research with Children’s Developmental Pathways for Effective Teaching
Mariale M. Hardiman, Ed.D.
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| 1903 |
Part I: The Adolescent Brain: Lessons for Education
Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, Ph.D.
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| 1904 |
Part II: Teen Brain: Boosting Memory and Performance
Jeb Schenck, Ph.D.
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| 1905 |
Part III: The Teen Brain: Why Do They Do What They Do?
Scott D. Vinciguerra, M.Sc.
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| 1906 |
Applying Cognitive Science to Curricular Design for Analysis of Concept Learning & Development
Kurt W. Fischer, Ph.D. Theo L. Dawson-Tunik, Ph.D. 3-hour session:
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| 1907 |
The Neuro-psychology of Reading Disorders:
Diagnoses & Intervention
Steven G. Feifer, Ed.D., NCSP
3-hour session:
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| 1908 |
Part I: Enhancing Creative Cognition in the Classroom
Shelley H. Carson, Ph.D.
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| 1909 |
Part II: No Brain Left Behind:
Flexing the Analytic & Creative Powers of Mind in Class
Michael H. Dickmann, Ph.D.
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| 1910 |
Part I: Effects of Music Training on Children’s Brains & Cognitive Dev.
Ellen Winner, Ph.D.
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| 1911 |
Part I: Early Experience, Brain Dev. & Neural Plasticity
Charles A. Nelson III, Ph.D.
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| 1912 |
Part II: Lessons from the Study of Two Boys with Half a Brain Part III:
Panel: Plasticity and Intervention
Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, Ed.D., Ed.M.
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| 1913 |
Teaching the Developing Teen Brain: Strategies for Effective Instruction
Willy Wood, M.A
3-hour session
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| 1914 |
Nurturing the Best Ideas & Practices from the Learning & the Brain Conference: Putting Them to Use in the Classroom
Jeb Schenck, Ph.D.
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| 1915 |
Neuro- Psychology of Written Language Disorders: Diagnoses & Intervention
Steven G. Feifer, Ed.D., NCSP
3-hour session
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| 1916 |
Part I: Using the Mind to Change the Brain
Sara Lazar, Ph.D.
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| 1917 |
Part II: Neuroscience of Innate Wisdom: Using Meditation To Improve Mood, Attention, & Learning
Gessner Geyer, Ed.M., M.A.
3-hour session
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| 1918 |
Part I: Linking Music, Language & Dyslexia
Nadine Gaab, Ph.D.
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| 1919 |
Part II: Neurobiology of Visual Attention
Laura Cestnick, Ph.D.
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| 1920 |
Part III: What Art Can Tell Us About the Brain, Vision & LD & Panel Discussion
Margaret S. Livingston, Ph.D.
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